JONES v. STATE

No. 305-89.

797 S.W.2d 33 (1990)

Dearing E. JONES, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas, En Banc.

Rehearing Overruled September 12, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Donald M. Brown, Conroe, Bruce C. Cobb, Beaumont, court appointed, for appellant.

Peter C. Speers, III, Dist. Atty., Thomas D. Glenn, Asst. Dist. Atty., Conroe, Robert Huttash, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.

Before the court en banc.


Prior report: 795 S.W.2d 199.

PER CURIAM:

Motion for rehearing on petition for discretionary review denied.

CLINTON, Judge, dissenting.

The trial of any case is fraught with traditional incidents the uninitiated may regard as "ritual and special incantation." That is because our judicial system is rooted in the Common Law of England, which in turn is a body of principles and rules of action derived from usages...

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